Virginia Tech researchers successfully tagged a young shortfin mako shark in the Mediterranean during the summer of 2023, the first time that this has been done in the region. These sharks are ...

Salmon hats on killer whales have been well documented. Even a parasitic species is creating zombie spiders. But in a first, a rare "sharktopus" sighting was filmed as an octopus hitched a ride on the ...

“A large metallic grey dorsal fin signalled a big shark, a short-fin mako. But wait, what was that orange patch on its head? A buoy? An injury?" Constantine recalls. "We launched the drone, put the ...

The research team successfully tagged a Mako shark for the first time in the region as part of another research project. Virginia Tech researchers successfully tagged a young shortfin mako shark in ...

Mako sharks are some of the fastest swimmers in the ocean. These predatory sharks hunt for a variety of foods, including fish, squid, other sharks, sea turtles, and even porpoises. But are they a ...

Mako sharks are some of the most elusive sharks in the world. Because mako sharks prefer the open ocean to the shallower areas near the shoreline, less is known about them than about other species.

Tourists in Monterey Bay, California, witnessed a shortfin mako shark devour a sea lion, social media posts show. Photo by Brynn Pedrick on Unsplash Whale watchers in California recently witnessed “an ...